The biggest problem is that Louisville is not worth how expensive it's gotten. Yes it is still one of the cheaper larger cities in the country, but not by as much as it used to be and as Louisville has gotten more expensive it's offered less and less in quality of life. 15 years ago, it was a much better place to live than it is now.
Thanks for the insightful video. I know that for many US cities, the crime rates are officially high, but they tend to be largely confined to certain neighborhoods and areas. Is that the case with Louisville? Are nice neighborhoods like Old Louisville and Germantown also facing high crime levels? Are the nice areas at least walkable at night?
Great questions! I suggest checking out the Louisville Crime mapping website, as well as crimegrade.org for more specific info about the crime in Louisville.
I grew up in the Southend of Louisville in Shivley in the 1980's and I absolutely LOVED it. It was a safe, working class area with YOUNG parents raising kids with Grandparents typically living a few streets away. The economy of the Southend was thriving as well into the 90's. Something DID change in the 2000's and it breaks my heart so badly to go back and visit the Southend today and see how much it has fallen. Also the DRIVING CULTURE has changed dramatically in Louisville in the past 10 years. I used to joke about how TERRIBLE driving in Los angeles is, but Louisville has absolutely caught up!
You wanted comments... Ok, here goes - and it's not just about Louisville, but the whole state.. I'm 75 now, I left Kentucky when I was 18. That would eventually prove to be one of the wisest and best days of my life. Yes, I know there are wonderful exceptions, but I have found the insular and willful ignorance, overall, in Kentucky to be untenable. And the various forms of bigotry is inexcusable - yeah, the fundamentalist love you - as long as you agree with them on their doctrine and religious dogma. On the very few times I have returned for a visit, and those have been few, I was subtlety seen as an "outsider". I remember purchasing a volume of Handel's "Messiah" for my cousin's daughter - she was taking piano lessons.. There were individuals in the music store that actually laughed at me because I would select such "wierd" music - no matter it is one of the greatest oratorios the world has ever known. Another cousin who's son has worked for 19 years for one of the counties - he has absolutely no benefits - medical, etc. That particular cousin is a teacher - she holds 3 masters degrees. She still has to purchase basic supplies from her own bank account. Absolutely unforgivable!!! I was never overtly shunned, but there was always that ever-present of suspicion of someone who is now a "foreigner".. I told my father, "I don't have time for the appalling ignorance that permeates this place!" That was back in '85.. I never returned - and am repulsed at the thought of doing so... There is no ignorance like willful ignorance - and Kentucky is saturated with it. I believe it was Mark Twain who said, "If the world ever comes to an end, I want to be in Kentucky when it happens, they're always about 10 years behind..." Beyond sad - pathetic. Bottom line: Kentucky, and so much of the southeast, is this hideous creature that mentally and emotionally devours its young... Nuff' said....
It's disheartening to hear where Louisville is today. I grew up there in the 1950s/60s and it's definitely very different now. I left in 1973 but used to go back once a year to visit my aging mother and I did notice real changes over those years. While I cherish some of my memories of Louisville I never wanted to live in the southeast again after I moved out west. My last visit to Louisville was in 2000 when I took my wife with me to make my last visit with my mother. We went on a little tour of Kentucky because she'd never been there. We were both struck by a noticeable difference in what I can only call the 'class' of people and how run-down much of it was (with startling notable exceptions in a few areas where truly wealthy people lived). Basic services were inferior to what one experiences just about anywhere where we live (e.g. people working in stores, restaurants, motels). And it was legal to smoke cigarettes just about anywhere. I still remember going to the grocery for my mother and people were smoking and crushing their cigs on the floor. I wish Louisville the best but from what I've heard and read it's a different place now than the city in which I grew up. Were I young I'd definitely not be looking to move to Louisville.
@@katieskeen You are most welcome. Sorry my comments aren't very positive but it's just how I feel about the old home town now (and I've got family history there going back to 1885). I'm going to guess that if one has the money and is very careful about where to buy Louisville can still be a good place to live (few places are all bad) but it seems like one has to be especially careful now (geez - St. Matthews is dangerous ?). In Oregon we're now seeing the urban areas decay and Portland - once a really charming place - degrade into almost unlivable in many areas. Louisville looks like it's moving in that direction (but definitely isn't where Portland and many other west-coast cities are; yet). I just felt compelled to express my feelings about the old stomping grounds. I live far away from any major urban area and no longer visit such places (as I once did regularly). Good luck y'all.
I live in the south east part of the county and they are building homes like crazy by me. People I dont think are leaving Louisville I think they are moving to the safer areas. A lot of the city has gotten more dangerous. Even St Matthews where I lived from 2014 through 2019 you are seeing a lot more crime, violence, and even murders there today
My son lives in St Matthews near Baptist East. Gotta big dog to ward off burglars. Hikes point seems to be dangerous these days. My sister lives in East End and only goes out before 10:00. She looks at next door on crime too much.... car jacking seems to crime these days.
I've got family living in Louisville still. I have moved to south Florida. Some family members want to move; some say they want to stay. The crime problem has shifted into once safe areas. In my opinion, there is a permanent under class going on in Louisville. It's reflected in the public schools. Every time, I hear the term "diversity" by teachers there... it's just an excuse for not doing their job. I do keep up with Louisville news.
I was born here , going to sell my house and get out when i can ,these roads are not set up like other big cities, driving is dangerous ! If you like changing jobs every two weeks , downt town was destroyed after protesting, they are rebuilding it back up its like a third world cattle call, average job opportunities, good houses if you can find one , i love it and hate i will come back to put flowers on my peoples graves
Most people are happy to live in a city when they have a downtown they can be proud of. After the Breonna Taylor riots, the downtown was decimated, Businesses were looted and many didn’t survive. Also, the COVID lockdowns moved employees out of the downtown core, further hurting downtown businesses. Lastly, there are a lot of homeless drug addicts on fentanyl wandering downtown and neighboring communities. A lot of man-made problems that unnecessarily led to this state of affairs. To recap: Breonna Taylor riots, Covid from China, fentanyl from China.
And how many murders are in the east end? Hardly any. How about you look at the neighborhoods and don’t broad brush the whole city. What’s up with that
Thanks so much for watching! It's helpful to check out the LMPD crime mapping website which will tell you every specific crime that has happened at specific addresses.
This place is always been trash. It just made some people feel like they could live better than other people and when it was the first second-class citizen you loved it but none of this changing you don’t love it but it’s still the same trash it was 40 years ago.
Well said. Yep. Totally a second-class citizen city from the 1970’s on. But the third turn that happened with riots and Covid, and now it’s a third-class citizen city. There are still nice areas, great park system and you can get out of town in any direction within 20 minutes. But the people have really deteriorated.
Louisville was NOT always trash, it was incredibly vibrant in the 1980s! and even into the 90's. It did fall in the 2000's especially in the South end.
@@KentKaliber Louisville was vibrant in the 1980’s. There was so much benzene in the air at night from the rubber factory it made your eyes burn like onions. Louisville has always been the crossroads to somewhere else. Everyone else either travels a lot or is just stuck. This place has always been trash. I know because it’s my town too Everyone has always been a thug with gold chains. Tough town. Working class manufacturing town filled with blue collar, low end people. Ask my family. That’s who we are. Violent town. Always a Detroit Chicago Cincinnati shoot em town. We were too stoopid to leave.
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Thank you for this great video and your honesty. Very insightful and true!!!
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The biggest problem is that Louisville is not worth how expensive it's gotten. Yes it is still one of the cheaper larger cities in the country, but not by as much as it used to be and as Louisville has gotten more expensive it's offered less and less in quality of life. 15 years ago, it was a much better place to live than it is now.
Thanks for sharing your perspective!
Thanks for the insightful video. I know that for many US cities, the crime rates are officially high, but they tend to be largely confined to certain neighborhoods and areas. Is that the case with Louisville? Are nice neighborhoods like Old Louisville and Germantown also facing high crime levels? Are the nice areas at least walkable at night?
Great questions! I suggest checking out the Louisville Crime mapping website, as well as crimegrade.org for more specific info about the crime in Louisville.
Yes but the nice areas are little pockets. Essentially, people are moving out to neighboring rural towns to get outside the gene snyder loop.
@@RobertMcGuirk-x1h what's the gene snyder loop and who is gene snyder?
That's not the case in Louisville. I'm in one of the safest zip codes in Louisville and we've still had a murder in board daylight.
I grew up in the Southend of Louisville in Shivley in the 1980's and I absolutely LOVED it. It was a safe, working class area with YOUNG parents raising kids with Grandparents typically living a few streets away. The economy of the Southend was thriving as well into the 90's. Something DID change in the 2000's and it breaks my heart so badly to go back and visit the Southend today and see how much it has fallen. Also the DRIVING CULTURE has changed dramatically in Louisville in the past 10 years. I used to joke about how TERRIBLE driving in Los angeles is, but Louisville has absolutely caught up!
Thanks for sharing about your experiences. Why do you think there was a change in the 2000s?
You wanted comments... Ok, here goes - and it's not just about Louisville, but the whole state.. I'm 75 now, I left Kentucky when I was 18. That would eventually prove to be one of the wisest and best days of my life. Yes, I know there are wonderful exceptions, but I have found the insular and willful ignorance, overall, in Kentucky to be untenable. And the various forms of bigotry is inexcusable - yeah, the fundamentalist love you - as long as you agree with them on their doctrine and religious dogma. On the very few times I have returned for a visit, and those have been few, I was subtlety seen as an "outsider". I remember purchasing a volume of Handel's "Messiah" for my cousin's daughter - she was taking piano lessons.. There were individuals in the music store that actually laughed at me because I would select such "wierd" music - no matter it is one of the greatest oratorios the world has ever known. Another cousin who's son has worked for 19 years for one of the counties - he has absolutely no benefits - medical, etc. That particular cousin is a teacher - she holds 3 masters degrees. She still has to purchase basic supplies from her own bank account. Absolutely unforgivable!!! I was never overtly shunned, but there was always that ever-present of suspicion of someone who is now a "foreigner".. I told my father, "I don't have time for the appalling ignorance that permeates this place!" That was back in '85.. I never returned - and am repulsed at the thought of doing so... There is no ignorance like willful ignorance - and Kentucky is saturated with it. I believe it was Mark Twain who said, "If the world ever comes to an end, I want to be in Kentucky when it happens, they're always about 10 years behind..." Beyond sad - pathetic. Bottom line: Kentucky, and so much of the southeast, is this hideous creature that mentally and emotionally devours its young... Nuff' said....
Thank you for watching and for sharing your experiences with us.
I’m so glad you left. Please stay gone
It's disheartening to hear where Louisville is today. I grew up there in the 1950s/60s and it's definitely very different now. I left in 1973 but used to go back once a year to visit my aging mother and I did notice real changes over those years. While I cherish some of my memories of Louisville I never wanted to live in the southeast again after I moved out west. My last visit to Louisville was in 2000 when I took my wife with me to make my last visit with my mother. We went on a little tour of Kentucky because she'd never been there. We were both struck by a noticeable difference in what I can only call the 'class' of people and how run-down much of it was (with startling notable exceptions in a few areas where truly wealthy people lived). Basic services were inferior to what one experiences just about anywhere where we live (e.g. people working in stores, restaurants, motels). And it was legal to smoke cigarettes just about anywhere. I still remember going to the grocery for my mother and people were smoking and crushing their cigs on the floor.
I wish Louisville the best but from what I've heard and read it's a different place now than the city in which I grew up. Were I young I'd definitely not be looking to move to Louisville.
Thanks for sharing!
@@katieskeen You are most welcome. Sorry my comments aren't very positive but it's just how I feel about the old home town now (and I've got family history there going back to 1885). I'm going to guess that if one has the money and is very careful about where to buy Louisville can still be a good place to live (few places are all bad) but it seems like one has to be especially careful now (geez - St. Matthews is dangerous ?).
In Oregon we're now seeing the urban areas decay and Portland - once a really charming place - degrade into almost unlivable in many areas. Louisville looks like it's moving in that direction (but definitely isn't where Portland and many other west-coast cities are; yet). I just felt compelled to express my feelings about the old stomping grounds.
I live far away from any major urban area and no longer visit such places (as I once did regularly). Good luck y'all.
Yes get me out of here!
Oh no! What don't you like about Louisville?
I live in the south east part of the county and they are building homes like crazy by me. People I dont think are leaving Louisville I think they are moving to the safer areas. A lot of the city has gotten more dangerous. Even St Matthews where I lived from 2014 through 2019 you are seeing a lot more crime, violence, and even murders there today
My son lives in St Matthews near Baptist East. Gotta big dog to ward off burglars. Hikes point seems to be dangerous these days. My sister lives in East End and only goes out before 10:00. She looks at next door on crime too much.... car jacking seems to crime these days.
@@garyglanz403 I lived on Breckenridge lane next to the Jamestown apartments
Thanks for watching and for sharing your perspective. I agree, crime is something many in the city are concerned about.
Yes, driving or dwelling around the inside of the watterson expressway, be alert and stay safe.
The crime and the drugs are out of control I moved out 20 years ago because I could see what was coming.
Thanks for watching and for you sharing your perspective.
The main thing I didnt like about Kentucky is that the people there have more tattoos than teeth.
I appreciate your comments!
I've got family living in Louisville still. I have moved to south Florida. Some family members want to move; some say they want to stay. The crime problem has shifted into once safe areas. In my opinion, there is a permanent under class going on in Louisville. It's reflected in the public schools. Every time, I hear the term "diversity" by teachers there... it's just an excuse for not doing their job. I do keep up with Louisville news.
Thanks for sharing your perspective and for watching.
I was born here , going to sell my house and get out when i can ,these roads are not set up like other big cities, driving is dangerous ! If you like changing jobs every two weeks , downt town was destroyed after protesting, they are rebuilding it back up its like a third world cattle call, average job opportunities, good houses if you can find one , i love it and hate i will come back to put flowers on my peoples graves
Thanks for sharing your perspective! Where do you plan to move to?
I have not left Louisville. The crime is not as bad as CNN says. Most days when I go for a walk or drive I do not get shot or stabbed.
I'm glad you are able to enjoy a good walk. I agree, I don't experience it a badly as the stats say. I typically feel safe in Louisville.
"Both sides?" I hate that intellectually lazy phrase. We know which "side" has led this country into a never-ending shit show.
Most people are happy to live in a city when they have a downtown they can be proud of. After the Breonna Taylor riots, the downtown was decimated, Businesses were looted and many didn’t survive. Also, the COVID lockdowns moved employees out of the downtown core, further hurting downtown businesses. Lastly, there are a lot of homeless drug addicts on fentanyl wandering downtown and neighboring communities. A lot of man-made problems that unnecessarily led to this state of affairs. To recap: Breonna Taylor riots, Covid from China, fentanyl from China.
Thanks for sharing your perspective and for watching 😊
And how many murders are in the east end? Hardly any. How about you look at the neighborhoods and don’t broad brush the whole city. What’s up with that
Thanks so much for watching! It's helpful to check out the LMPD crime mapping website which will tell you every specific crime that has happened at specific addresses.
Everything is named after Muhamad Ali...wtf
This place is always been trash. It just made some people feel like they could live better than other people and when it was the first second-class citizen you loved it but none of this changing you don’t love it but it’s still the same trash it was 40 years ago.
Well said. Yep. Totally a second-class citizen city from the 1970’s on. But the third turn that happened with riots and Covid, and now it’s a third-class citizen city. There are still nice areas, great park system and you can get out of town in any direction within 20 minutes. But the people have really deteriorated.
Awesome, so we can count on you staying out of Louisville…. Great. Please stay gone.
Louisville was NOT always trash, it was incredibly vibrant in the 1980s! and even into the 90's. It did fall in the 2000's especially in the South end.
@@KentKaliber Louisville was vibrant in the 1980’s. There was so much benzene in the air at night from the rubber factory it made your eyes burn like onions. Louisville has always been the crossroads to somewhere else. Everyone else either travels a lot or is just stuck. This place has always been trash. I know because it’s my town too Everyone has always been a thug with gold chains. Tough town. Working class manufacturing town filled with blue collar, low end people. Ask my family. That’s who we are. Violent town. Always a Detroit Chicago Cincinnati shoot em town. We were too stoopid to leave.
@@RobertMcGuirk-x1h It wasn't always this bad, far safer in the 1980s.
The people are leaving all the Democrat run cities because of the crime problem
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Democrats run?